Banff’s ‘Crasher Squirrel’ Goes Viral

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.13.09 | 3:23 PM ET

You can skip your daily visit to cuteoverload.com today—a Banff squirrel has the adorable quotient covered. The rodent snuck into a tourist’s shot, the shot made its way onto National Geographic’s website, and the rest is viral internet history.

Tags: Travel Photography, Tres Loco, North America, Canada, Shrinking Planet

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. She is an associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


6 Comments for Banff’s ‘Crasher Squirrel’ Goes Viral

Steve 08.15.09 | 5:33 PM ET

The Squirrel has his own video:
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Steve 08.15.09 | 8:07 PM ET

That should have read:
http://www.youtube.com/user/banfflakelouise2

bitchbag 08.17.09 | 6:16 AM ET

Have a look at some more efforts at the original Flickr page…
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1227605@N22/

ak77 08.17.09 | 9:48 PM ET

Crasher Squirrel to the rescue!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26005083@N08/3823193767/sizes/o/in/pool-1227605@N22/

bitchbag 08.18.09 | 10:24 AM ET

Brilliant AK77.

gs 08.26.09 | 11:20 AM ET

Yeah, well, now you can make your own crasher squirrel photo using an aplication on facebook xD

http://apps.facebook.com/photosplash/index/fb_effect/wiewior

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